Investigation of the Influence of Deep Rolling on the Thermal Fatigue Cracking for AISI H13 Steel

Abstract:

Hot-working tools are frequently exposed to high cyclic temperature and mechanical loads, usually resulting in thermal fatigue cracking, which is observed as a network of fine cracks on the surface. The crack network degrades the performance of the tool and even invalidates it. Deep rolling is a surface strengthening treatment generally applied to improve the fatigue performance of metal components. But few attentions are paid on its influence on thermal fatigue cracking of the components, considering the relaxation of residual stresses and work hardening, which are deemed to mainly account for the improvement of fatigue performance. In this paper experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of deep rolling on thermal fatigue behavior of hot-work tool steel AISI H13. The experiment results show that deep rolling can improve the thermal fatigue behavior of AISI H13. To explore the mechanism of the effect, the changes of the residual stresses, the microhardness of the samples are also presented.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 457-458)
• Pages: 127-130
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.457-458.127
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Liao Liang Zhang*, Li Ping Lei, Pan Zeng
• Keywords: AISI H13, Deep Rolling, Die Casting Tool, Residual Stress, Thermal Fatigue

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